Imagine an entire generation of thankless children, all blaming their elders for every bad thing that befalls them - and continuing to do so long into supposed adulthood - and that's a fairly accurate description of the world right now.

They were out in force after the Budget, sinking their serpents' teeth into those who were deemed to have unfairly benefited at their expense, emboldened by the claims of populist politicians, such as the Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy, that this was an "anti young people's Budget".

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